The Rise of the Empire

Not only fat, but also the supply of sugar has increased. From September 22, the daily supply of sugar has increased from about 30 grams to 60 grams. After the Southwest Army started the war, it even increased to nearly 80 grams! And this high standard did not change until the beginning of 1915. Judging from this time period, the performance of Russian supply in history is completely consistent with the old man's speculation! \u003c/p\u003eIf the prince remembers correctly, from March 25, 1914, the meat ration on the front line of the Russian army was reduced from 1.5 Russian pounds to 1 Russian pound. And starting from April 1, the ration of fat has also been reduced from the beginning, and the daily ration of fat for frontline personnel has been reduced to 70 grams. And the rear personnel are reduced to 40 grams! \u003c/p\u003eThe supply situation deteriorated further from February 1916, and the Russian military stipulated that rear units have 4 vegetarian days a week. As the situation continues to deteriorate, soldiers in the front will also have vegetarian meals 3 days a week. So far, the food supply of the Russians is completely in trouble. \u003c/p\u003e "Then I would like to ask, if the war lasts for more than one year, what will happen to the food supply of the Russian army?" The prince thought for a while and asked. \u003c/p\u003e"For up to two years, the entire national economy will be in an extremely dangerous situation, and there is no possibility of recovery." The old man replied firmly. \u003c/p\u003e"Two years is still too long, is there any way to make this time come earlier?" the prince asked. \u003c/p\u003e"If you can tear open the frontal defense line of the Russian army and go deep into the enemy's rear, then everything is possible."\u003c/p\u003e"But we need to know the supply system of the Russian army."\u003c/p \u003e "It's no problem. I participated in it back then. I'm not sure about the national supply system, but it's no problem at the legion level." Put it in various positions on the front line. \u003c/p\u003e"Russian military supplies are transported in this way. The headquarters is responsible for purchasing these materials and transporting them to the front-line grain station by rail. Then the transport team of the base grain station will send the materials to the group army according to the situation. Although the grades of the intermediate grain station and the military grain payment station are different, the level of supply may be the same."\u003c/p\u003e "At this time, if the distance between the military grain station and the divisional grain station is 25 kilometers If it is within one day’s journey, then the military grain station will be directly responsible for the transportation, and if it exceeds this distance, the grain station of the group army will be responsible for the transportation.”\u003c/p\u003e “The division’s grain station is not on the front line. The distance from the grain station on the front line is about 1 day, that is to say, about 25 kilometers. And the grain station on the front line is only half a day away from the front line. In other words, if you can break the Russian army's position at once and go deep within 10 to 12 kilometers If so, then you have a great chance to leave a division without food. If you can persist for 3 days, the other side will be self-defeating."\u003c/p\u003e "Then if there is a railway, the intermediate grain station of the group army The distance from the front line should be relatively far." The prince asked. \u003c/p\u003e"That's right, the design standard for the intermediate grain station is that it is 500 kilometers away from the front line if there is a railway, but if there is only a dirt road, then it is only 100 kilometers away. Except for the two kinds of grain stations mentioned above In addition, there are two special grain stations, one is the reserve grain station, and the other is the fortress grain station."\u003c/p\u003e "As the name suggests, the former is naturally called when the general grain station cannot meet the demand, while the latter is used for Fortified areas and fortress areas. And almost all grain stations are next to railways and roads, as long as the situation is not particularly bad, you should be able to find the location of these grain stations quickly."\u003c/p\u003e "Transportation of grain and rusks It can be like you said,

But meat transportation probably won't work, right? Canned meat is naturally suitable for long-distance transportation and storage. But there seems to be no way with fresh meat, right? The prince pointed out a loophole in the old man's words.\u003c/p\u003e "You are right, but meat transportation is different, and we have also made targeted plans. "The old man said here, a little proud.\u003c/p\u003e"I don't know the scale of the next war, so I can't estimate the total amount, but the meat consumption of each group army, army and division has an approximate standard Yes, each group army needs to consume 700 to 800 head of cattle per day, a military-scale unit consumes about 120 to 160 head of cattle per day, and an infantry division consumes 40 to 52 head of cattle. The infantry regiment is about 8 to 11 or so. "\u003c/p\u003e "If that group of officers does what it says above, then each regiment should have a herd of 250 to 300 head of cattle. And an army group should have enough herds to feed the troops for two days. Of course, if the local animal husbandry is developed, the size of this herd will be relatively small. "\u003c/p\u003e "When we launch an offensive operation, all the herds will follow the army, and the distance between each other will be about 20 kilometers, which means that the distance is about 1 day. The European part of Russia can provide about 10,000 beef cattle per day, but I estimate that the number that can be transported to the front line does not exceed 2,500. That is to say, if the front reserves are exhausted, the supply behind will get worse. "\u003c/p\u003e" Of course, this can also be compensated by using substitutes, such as using salted fish or dried fish or even egg powder instead of meat, but I personally think that the results of all these efforts will not let us There were too many errors in the estimates. The old man thought for a while and came up with a conclusion.\u003c/p\u003e "During the war, Russia could increase freight volume by increasing narrow-gauge railways and horse-drawn railways. Have you considered this issue?" "The prince thought for a while, and added several models on the huge sand table.\u003c/p\u003e" Naturally, I have considered it, but the length of this kind of railway is generally not very long. The average length of the narrow gauge railway and the horse-drawn railway Our suggestion is about 36 kilometers, and the maximum cannot exceed double. Because the efficiency of these transportation methods is very low, the average transportation efficiency of the former is 250 tons a day and night, while the transportation efficiency of the horse-drawn railway is about 180 tons, which is much worse than the 500 tons day and night transportation capacity of ordinary railways. "\u003c/p\u003e (Of course, there are exceptions to everything. The Russians set a record of 623 tons per day on the Mara Railway and a record of 1147 tons per day on the narrow-gauge railway. Of course, these records are all under the condition of extremely short transportation distances. Created, generally no more than 15 kilometers.)\u003c/p\u003e "I don't know how efficient your country's railway construction is. Anyway, in our country, our narrow-gauge railway construction speed is about 1.6 to 1.8 kilometers per day, while The distance of the horse-drawn railway is about 2.88 kilometers per day. \u003c/p\u003e "On the narrow gauge railway, the trains will not run very fast, about 106 kilometers in 10 hours. On a 149 kilometers railway, we can only accommodate up to 72 small locomotives, 320 freight cars and 21 Stuffy tank cars. The speed of the horse-drawn railway is generally 4.2 kilometers, and there will be 1,200 horses on average for every 106 kilometers of the horse-drawn railway. Although the efficiency of the train is higher, it is a pity that I estimate that ours is about 80% The transportation still needs to rely on animal power."\u003c/p\u003e"Each group army should have a building material, delivery vehicle and related personnel that can maintain at least 106 kilometers of construction troops. Of course, it is difficult to say to what extent it can be achieved. .”\u003c/p\u003e The second update is here~~! Ask for a subscription\u003c/a\u003e~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e